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Youth Homelessness
Walter Philips, CEO, San Diego Youth Services Laura Tancredi‐Baese, CEO, Home Start Susanne Terry, Project Specialist, SDCOE
January 18, 2018
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Youth Homelessness Walter Philips, CEO, San Diego Youth Services Laura Tancredi Baese, CEO, Home Start Susanne Terry, Project Specialist, SDCOE January 18, 2018 Definitions of Y outh Homelessness A homeless youth is an individual between the
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Definitions of Y
- uth Homelessness
A homeless youth is an individual between the ages of 12 and 24, inclusive, who is living
- n their own without a parent or guardian
and lacks a stable or permanent address.
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HUD vs. Mc K
inne y-Ve nto
She lte r po lic ie s F
a milie s with Childre n
Rura l o r sub urb a n a re a s Sa fe ty
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Context for the Definitions
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Causes of Y
- uth Homelessness
“I have n’ t me t a single runaway yo uth ye t who didn’ t le ave ho me fo r a go o d re aso n.”
Sue K ., Ro c kfo rd Pub lic Sc ho o ls, I llino is
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High Risk Populations
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Consequences of Homelessness
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San Diego Initiatives
CoC – HU
D funde d pro grams
CAHP - Yo uth S
ubc o mmitte e
Home le ss Youth E
me r ge nc y Se r vic e s and Housing Pr
- gr
am – S
tate Offic e o f E me rge nc y S e rvic e s
HUD – Yo uth Ho me le ss De mo nstratio n Pro je c t Voic e s of Youth Count PIT
– Yo uth Co unt
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Counting Y
- uth Who Are Homeless
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2017 PIT – Y
- uth Homelessness
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Under 18 18-24 T
- tal
% c hange
She lte re d 27 240 267 +4% Unshe lte re d 41 842 883 +54% HUD T
- ta ls
68 1082 1150 +39% Unsta b ly Ho use d 57 133 190
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2016-17 Students Who E
xperienced Homelessness County Office of E ducation 11
42 Sc hool Distr ic ts in San Die go County 505,310 stude nts e nr
- lle d in San Die go County sc hools
23,459 stude nts e xpe r ie nc e d home le ssne ss at one time dur ing the sc hool ye ar using the Mc Kinne y-Ve nto de finition of home le ssne ss.
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Voices of Y
- uth Count – Key Findings
467 y o uth who we re ho me le ss o r unstab ly ho use d
80% ide ntifie d as no n- white (28% Afric an Ame ric an) 20% b e twe e n the ag e s o f 13- 17 42% sy ste m y o uth (fo ste r c are and/ o r pro b atio n) 40% o f fe male s we re pre g nant o r pare nting 51% e xpe rie nc e d family ho me le ssne ss 93% pre vio usly c o uc h surfe d 42% ide ntifie d as o the r than he te ro se xual
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Summary
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Youth who ar e home le ss or unstably house d look diffe r e nt than the ste r e otypic al home le ss pe r son. Youth who ar e home le ss ar e diffic ult to c ount. Inte r ve ning and pr
- viding stable housing and suppor
t for youth now is c r itic al in pr e ve nting c hr
- nic home le ssne ss in the futur
e . We ne e d a c oor dinate d, inte gr ate d, multi-syste m, inte r se c tional appr
- ac h to
addr e ssing this pr
- ble m.
Housing, suppor t se r vic e s and appr
- ac he s ne e d to be age appr
- pr
iate and tailor e d to me e t the unique de ve lopme nt ne e ds of youth.
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Thank Y
- u